<p>I'm thinking about doing it, and I was wondering if anyone had any advice as to stay on track and not go too many semesters (no more than 2 including summers) beyond 4 years.</p>
<p>What majors? Is there any cross-over in courses between the two majors and/or courses you've already taken? That would help a lot. Does your school have a tuition flat rate (i.e., 12 to 21 credits all cost the same), so you can overload?</p>
<p>No, there's not any correlation between the two majors, but I've only taken 4 classes in the old one, so they would count as electives for the new one. I am switching from Apparel Merchandising to (probably) Anthropology. I've already taken all my core classes except world lit 1 and 2, so that's not an issue. The tuition rate is 12-15 costs the same, 16-18 are like extra $80/hr I think (not too bad-- and right now I have fin aid anyway that pays for it). We're not allowed to go over 18 without permission from the Dean, which I wouldn't want to do anyway cause I might die. 15 is far enough for me. I'm struggling with 14 right now (but I have 2 lab classes, one in apparel and one in chem, so it's really like 18 hours instead of 14).</p>
<p>i know a lot of engineers who swithced out after taking a couple of engineering classes.</p>
<p>I did (beginning of jr year) but it was from one engineering to another engineering, and a closely related engineering major at that. Add in my double major and I only really took one course that didn't count for any requirements, which didn't matter cause it was an awesome class anyway. :)</p>
<p>See what courses you'll need and when they are offered and plot out what you would need to take semester by semester. That might give you a good picture of whether or not it's doable. Good luck!</p>
<p>I kind of switched from classics to econ. I say "kind of" because I actually finished my classics major and after taking an econ class, decided to go for a double major in that, since I wasn't really feeling the classics.</p>
<p>I started in Honors Biomedical Engineering and switched to Finance…and am dropping the Honors part because I don’t think it’s worth the time those classes take up. I’ve decided that I rather have a Minor, graduate with honors for my GPA, and not have to stress over all the extra, useless work.</p>
<p>Anyway, I completed a quarter in the BME program and really didn't like the subject material very much...but I got good grades so figured I'd sign up for another quarter of it and decide what to do after that. Yeah…I just ended up getting more and more bored in it and realized that even if I did graduate with a BME degree, I'd want to get an MBA and go into the business side of it. Then I realized how ridiculously dumb that would be for me (not knocking those who are doing that sort of thing, just wasn't for me) and dropped my second Engineering Calculus and Engineering classes just so I wouldn’t have to deal with them anymore since they wouldn’t count for anything. </p>
<p>When I went to the CAB building to take to my new adviser about courses, they ended up counting my first Eng Calc class towards my math requirements (and I started with credit in math, so no more for me :)), told me to finish my Chem for Eng series so they could replace the 6 hour science requirement in the Sophomore block, and obviously counted the Honors Foundations course I had taken for an English credit (and I also started with some of that)...and then I registered for a full course load (12 hours) to catch up completely.</p>
<p>Basically I'm right on track for graduating in 2010 regardless of my two quarter Engineering run and even have time to work in a Minor (once I figure out what that will be). So yeah, two unrelated Majors, but still going to graduate on time without sacrificing anything. </p>
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<p>Oh, I forgot, but when my adviser was transferring credits, she said that if I wanted to finish the Eng course I was in, they’d count those two classes for a technology credit and I wouldn’t have to take the first CIS class…but I didn’t want to skip it because it’s an easy A for 3 hours and has some really useful stuff taught in it. Just thought I should add that part in, though.</p>
<p>I'm no help. I switched from Photojournalism to Elementary Education the middle of junior year, and it's going to take me an extra year and a half (technically only an extra semester since I'm still on the 132-hour degree plan [now considered to be a 5 year program by the state] rather than the new 120). I could squeek it by in fewer, but between commuting and working I can't take more than about 14 hours without going crazy.</p>